Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit

Infobox Album
Name = Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit
Type = Album
Artist = Good Riddance

Released = July 10 2001
Recorded = February – March, 2001
The Blasting Room,
Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.
Genre = Hardcore punk
Length = 32:09
Label = Fat Wreck Chords
Producer = Bill Stevenson
Stephen Egerton
Jason Livermore
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7t67mpsj9f7o link]

*Punknews Rating|4|5 [http://www.punknews.net/review/347 link]
Last album = "The Phenomenon of Craving EP"
(2000)
This album = "Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit"
(2001)
Next album = "Split with KYI"
(2001) |

"Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit" is the fifth full-length album from Californian hardcore punk band, Good Riddance. It was released on July 10 2001 on Fat Wreck Chords, and is produced by the same team of Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Descendents), Jason Livermore, and Stephen Egerton, who produced their previous two albums and EP.

The band welcomed a new drummer, Dave Wagenschutz, for this recording. He was to be a permanent replacement for Sean Sellers and contributed to the band's next effort, "Bound By Ties of Blood and Affection" in 2003. However, Sean Sellers returned for 2006's "My Republic".

The album was produced in a limited number of 546 grey marble vinyl pressings, which are currently out of print. The enhanced CD has a 4:30 movie, including a trailer for the DVD, "1994-1999 Exposed", which was available through Fat Wreck Chords, and a music video for "One For The Braves" from "The Phenomenon of Craving" EP.

Track listing

*All songs written by Russ Rankin, unless stated
#"Fire Engine Red" (Rankin, Luke Pabich) – 2:09
#"Enter The Unapproachables" (Rankin, Pabich) – 1:35
#"Yesterday's Headlines" – 2:26
#"Great Leap Forward" – 1:35
#"Cheyenne" – 2:18
#"Libertine" – 1:54
#"Trial Of The Century" – 2:26
#"Nobody Likes A Cynic" – 2:51
#"Year Of The Rat" – 2:17
#"Pisces/Almost Home" – 2:08
#"Defusing The Popular Struggle" – 2:18
#"All The Joy You've Ever Known" (Rankin, Chuck Platt) – 0:43
#"Blue Black Eyes" – 2:13
#"Spit You Out" (Rankin, Pabich) – 5:18
* The last track also contains the hidden song "In My Head" which is a coversong originally performed by Psychedelic Furs

Credits

* Russ Rankin – vocals
* Luke Pabich – guitar
* Chuck Platt – bass
* Dave Wagenschutz – drums

* Recorded February – March, 2001 at the Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
* Produced, engineered and mixed by Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, and Jason Livermore
* Mastered by Jason Livermore at Blast Masters

External links

* [http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/625 Fat Wreck Chords album page]
* [http://www.good-riddance.com Good Riddance official website]
* [http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/13 Fat Wreck Chords band page]